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Sri Lanka hands over 45 Iranian sailors' bodies after warship attack

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News18•13-03-2026, 13:45

Sri Lanka hands over 45 Iranian sailors' bodies after warship attack

•Sri Lanka handed over 45 bodies of Iranian sailors to Iran's embassy on Friday, March 13.
•The sailors died when the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena was sunk by a US submarine attack off Galle last week.
•Chief Magistrate Sameera Dodangoda ordered the handover; the bodies will be repatriated from Mattala airport.
•The IRIS Dena was returning from Visakhapatnam, India, after participating in a naval fleet review exercise.
•32 survivors of the attack were discharged on Sunday and moved to the Koggala airbase.

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